October Otriad

The October Otriad was an armed brigade of Soviet partisans formed in 1941 to resist Nazi Germany's occupation of the Byelorussian SSR of the Soviet Union. The October Otriad was led by Viktor Panchenko, a Red Army soldier, and the otriad followed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's discipline and rules. However, some members (such as the otriad's second-in-command, Gramov) were known for anti-Semitism, a breach of party discipline. The otriad waged guerrilla warfare against the Wehrmacht until 1944, when the partisans rejoined the Red Army for the liberation of Eastern Europe.